Adult attachment style and partner choice: Correlational and experimental findings

Personal Relationships

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-136

  Frazier, Patricia A ^a   Byer, Anne L ^a   Fischer, Ann R ^b   Wright, Deborah M ^b   DeBord, Kurt A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0030494018     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1996.tb00107.x     Document Type: Article

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